PROFILE

Amit Agnihotri

INDIA

SUMMARY

I am a highly professional hands-on techie in Agile Product Development & Testing.

My present role as Agile Coach, Test Consultant, and Agile Trainer, to help organisation to a pain-less transition to a more efficient and productive unit using Agile Methodology in quick time. Particularly specializing in Agile (Scrum/XP/Kanban) adoption, Build, Test & Deploy Automation using agile tools and engineering practices to bring the change effortlessly.

My goal here is to bring about change. Though change is hard, the techniques and methods I use have been successfully and widely adopted across all teams in the whole organisation. Having played various roles of Test Manager, Agile Coach, Quality Evangelist, Product Owner, Iteration Manager, Scrum Master, Developer, Tester, Recruiter, Build Master, Release Manager, Mentor & Trainer, I am well equipped to help the entire organization rapidly adapt Agile methods. I have extensive experience with all facets of software quality assurance and test including Automated Functional & Performance Test Development, Test Management, Agile testing. My work experience as a Tester has developed my ability to adapt quickly to the demands of each individual project and work environment, and to create rapport with stakeholders and teams offshore and direct.

EXPERIENCE

Barclays Technology Center

2015 August - Present

Agile Coach

Bengaluru Area ,INDIA

FastBooking

2006 October - 2013 March

Test Manager

Gurgaon ,INDIA

Managed testing for various products and ensured superior quality.
Won the credibility of teams and management by demonstrating my skills.
Coached a test team of Sr. Software testers to find 1000s of bugs and mentored them to grow professionally.
Learnt a great deal of management & learnt how to deal & respect people
Handled war room situations.
Probed customers, interests, and products usage.
Collaborated with Developers, Support and Marketing folks.
Showed energy and mingled with people well.
Cleared traps for the team so that they do well.
Worked for leave processing, appraisals, team dynamics, goals, issue resolving, status reporting, productivity improvement, career aspiration handling, collecting feedback, training.
Participated in internal and external audits.
Awarded testers for their contribution.
Most important of all, my team liked me and they trusted my decisions.

Sabre Corporation

2014 November - 2015 August

Principal Agile Coach

Bengaluru Area ,INDIA

Coaching 30 teams on all aspects of Agile with strong focus on Scrum Practices. This includes working in hands-on manner with teams as well as in Consultant model, helping them leverage Scrum and its events, roles and artifacts to reach high performance and greater successes.
Coaching Teams to improve team collaboration and self-organization, guiding the teams to increase their transparency and effectively track their progress by leveraging burn-downs and other information radiators, and facilitating effective and meaningful retrospectives.
Coaching Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Testers, Developers and Development Managers on the Agile/Lean and Product Development Process as well as Technical Engineering Practices.
Training people for Scrum Masters role as well as providing direct team support to improve their planning and estimation skills and their adherence to the various ceremonies and cadence of Daily, Iteration and Release-Level Meetings.
Conducting Team, Departmental and Organizational Agile Workshops and Presentations as well as Providing One-on-One Support and mentoring teams.
Conducting Scrum Immersion workshops as well as trainings on the areas of Release Planning, Backlog Refinement, Story Writing, Roles and Responsibilities as well as the events of Scrum and Technical Best Practices.
Coaching Technical Teams on Engineering Practices for Improved Code Quality, Use of Simple Design Constructs, and proper application of computer engineering principles. Supporting Teams at the Technical Level.
Accountable for improvement in results of Software Development Projects in terms of predictability of deliver, Cost Containment, Schedule and Delivery of Commitments and Quality.
Participating as member of a Coaching Team, consisting of other coaches across Sabre Global Offices.